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Hong Kong Court Bans “Glory to Hong Kong,” a Pro-Democracy Song

nytimes.com A Hong Kong court on Wednesday granted a government request to ban a popular pro-democracy anthem, raising further concerns about free speech in the city. The decision,…

Google launches Google Wallet for Android in India and partners with 20+ brands to let users store boarding passes, loyalty cards, event tickets, and more

androidauthority.com Google is infamous for its confused ecosystem strategy, and the Google Wallet and Google Pay apps are prime examples of said confusion. At an event in India today, Google…

Big Tech is eating as much data as it can to win in AI

cnbc.com Big technology companies are consuming as much data as possible to become winners in artificial intelligence — but that's not necessarily what will define winners, according…

TikTok, Bytedance File Legal Challenge Against Divestment Law

asiafinancial.com TikTok and its parent firm ByteDance filed a lawsuit in a US federal court on Tuesday to try to block a law that would force the group to sell its short-video app. The…

Google Wallet is now available in India

techcrunch.com Google on Wednesday launched its digital wallet in India with local integrations, nearly two years after the app was relaunched as a digital wallet platform in the U.S. As…

What does divesting from Israel really mean?

vox.com A core demand at the heart of the protests over the war in Gaza currently roiling college campuses across the US and around the world: that universities divest from Israel.…

Could Participating In Activism At Your Workplace Get You Fired?

youtube.com In April, Google fired 50 staffers after protests over its contracts with Israel. As employers worry that campus activism could spread ...

Apple reportedly developing AI chips for servers

theregister.com Analysis We can add Apple to the list of tech titans developing their own custom AI accelerators – at least that's what unnamed sources are telling the Wall Street Journal.…

Sources: OpenAI has been aggressively trying to poach Google employees for a team working on a ChatGPT feature to search the web and show results with citations

theverge.com OpenAI is developing a search engine for ChatGPT, giving users the ability to crawl the web for answers to their questions, Bloomberg reports. Sources also tell The Verge…

UniSuper private cloud outage caused by Google Cloud issues

datacenterdynamics.com The week-long systems outage at the Australian pension fund for the education and research sectors was caused by a "combination of rare issues at Google Cloud," Google Cloud…

Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’

theguardian.com More than 800,000 people in Europe and the US appear to have been duped into sharing card details and other sensitive personal data with a vast network of fake online…

Meta adds more AI features for advertisers with new image and text generation tools

digiday.com Meta is expanding its generative AI ad tools with more ways to create images and text — but not yet giving marketers carte blanche for creative automation. Yesterday, Meta…

MITRE promises a cute little 17-PFLOPS AI super for the rest of Uncle Sam's agencies

theregister.com Later this year, MITRE is getting its hands on a mini-supercomputer and planning to divvy out AI computing time to US government agencies. MITRE is a not-for-profit…

Huawei breaks free from Google ecosystem with homegrown OS

asia.nikkei.com GUANGZHOU -- Huawei Technologies looks to complete its departure from Google's Android operating system this year with the rollout of a new OS developed fully in-house,…

Inside OpenAI’s new plan for fighting deepfakes

platformer.news On Tuesday, OpenAI joined the steering committee of a little-known but increasingly powerful standards body known as the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity,…

Apple reportedly developing new dedicated chip for AI data centers

9to5mac.com Apple has been investing a lot in artificial intelligence recently, and soon the company will introduce its own generative AI to the world. In fact, it looks like the…

Analyst revises Crocs stock price target after earnings

thestreet.com Terence Reilly clearly likes a challenge. Up until recently, Reilly was president of Stanley Brand, where he rocked the retail world by taking the company's 111-year-old…

Meta Unveils GenAI Tools for Business Advertising

pymnts.com Meta is rolling out a new way for advertisers to create marketing materials. Businesses can now use Meta’s artificial intelligence (AI) tools to create images for…

Report: Paris-Based Holistic Raises $200 Million to Develop AI Model

pymnts.com A Paris-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup called Holistic has reportedly raised $200 million in the first tranche of an initial funding round. The firm was formed…

Reddit Posts $575 Million Loss Tied to I.P.O. but Also Strong Growth

nytimes.com Reddit on Tuesday posted a more than $500 million quarterly loss in its first earnings report as a public company, largely due to stock-based compensation expenses incurred…

Apple releases all-new iPads

thestreet.com TheStreet’s Conway Gittens brings the latest business headlines from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as markets close for trading Tuesday, May 7. Related: Stock…

Reddit shares soar after company reports strong first-ever earnings with record user traffic

aol.com None Reddit beat expectations for its first financial quarter as a publicly traded company. • None Strong revenue growth and record user traffic sent the stock price up 16%…

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer was Google’s first female engineer

finance.yahoo.com Marissa Mayer is most well-known for her stint as CEO of Yahoo, but before she took the helm of the tech giant, she took a serendipitous dive into the unknown by joining a…

Reddit shares soar 14% after company reports revenue pop in debut earnings report

cnbc.com Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hugs mascot Snoo as Reddit begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on March 21, 2024. Reddit shares rallied 14% in extended…

Google Workspace Improves 2-Step Verification Process

tech.co Google announced that it has simplified the 2-step verification process on its popular Workspace collaboration platform, and we’re going to help you figure it out. In a…

Reddit shares soar nearly 20% on first earnings report, boosting hopes of becoming the next Facebook stock

fastcompany.com Reddit revealed its first quarter earnings today, its first earnings report since the company went public on March 21. Overall, the results were good for the company,…

Eric Schmidt says China trails behind the US in AI for these 4 reasons

aol.com None Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said the US is "way ahead of China" in AI development. • None Schmidt cited chip shortages and more English language material to train AI…

Big Tech's Cloud revenue still has high growth potential

trendlinehq.com Big Tech reported their earnings in the last few days and one thing stood out - Public Cloud doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. Pioneered by Amazon in 2006, the Public…

Reddit predicts strong second-quarter revenue, shares soar

theglobeandmail.com Reddit RDDT-N forecast quarterly revenue above market estimates on Tuesday in its first earnings as a public company, riding on strong user growth and an uptick in the…

These California summer camps are the best in the state

newsweek.com With summer quickly approaching, Newsweek's recent ranking of America's Best Summer Camps spotlights coast-to-coast facilities that stand out. These camps excel by providing…

The best OLED TVs of 2024

businessinsider.com When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more Samsung, LG, and Sony make some of the best OLED TVs. Steven Cohen/Business…

Apple's Secret Project And Bold Move Towards In-House AI Chips: Could This Be A Threat To NVIDIA?

benzinga.com In a move that could lower its dependence on external chip manufacturers like NVIDIA Corporation NVDA, Apple Inc AAPL is reportedly developing its own chips. According to a…

Report: Microsoft Develops Internet-Free AI Model for Spy Agencies

pymnts.com Microsoft has reportedly built a generative AI model designed for U.S. intelligence agencies. The development marks a milestone in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector,…

Machine learning engineer salary: How much do AI techs make?

thestreet.com OpenAI’s free and easy-to-use ChatGPT helped to popularize the use of artificial intelligence (AI) among consumers. ChatGPT and other large language AI models are powered in…

What Is M4? The AI Chip Powering Apple’s New iPad Lineup

tech.co Apple is finally getting in on the AI action, announcing a new AI chip that will power its new iPad lineup, as well as future devices moving forward. The creator of the…

A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs

techcrunch.com A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs From major layoffs at Tesla, Amazon and Microsoft to small fintech startups and apps The tech layoff wave is still going strong in…

Eric Schmidt on buying TikTok: ‘I looked at it for a while,’ but the government should regulate instead

fortune.com Eric Schmidt, the former chief executive officer of Google, said he had explored a possible purchase of TikTok but has moved on from the idea of trying to acquire the…

Should You Buy Reddit (RDDT) Stock Today Before Earnings?

investorplace.com Following a much-anticipated initial public offering ( ), social media firm Reddit (NYSE:RDDT) faces another big test: Its first earnings report as a publicly traded…

Biden's radical trade commission wages war on American AI

foxnews.com The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), under Chairwoman Lina Khan, shows no signs of relenting in its global campaign to suppress American tech companies in favor of their…

Is it closing time for the Justice Department’s antitrust search suit against Google?

thehill.com Last week, a federal district court heard closing arguments in the government’s expansive antitrust lawsuit against Google. In the suit, the Department of Justice (DOJ),…

Microsoft Introduces Isolated AI For US Intelligence To Analyze Secret Data: Report

benzinga.com Microsoft Corp. MSFT has reportedly introduced a groundbreaking, deploying an isolated generative AI model accessible solely to U.S. intelligence agencies for analyzing…

TikTok sues to block prospective US app ban

aol.com TikTok sued Tuesday to block a US law that could force a nationwide ban of the popular app, following through on legal threats the company issued after President Joe Biden…

Is It an iPad or a MacBook? Apple Makes It Tough to Tell By Revealing 13-Inch iPad Air With 'Outrageously Powerful' M4 Chip for AI

entrepreneur.com The new iPad keyboard has a function row and larger trackpad "so the entire experience feels just like using a MacBook," said John Ternus, Apple senior vice president of…

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